Tw.apple.pro published a series of photos of an unusual Apple-branded touchscreen component. The photos were obtained from a source presumably deep within one of Apple’s manufacturing partners. The part measures 3 cm x 3 cm and contains what appears to be a display connector and a touchpad connector. Speculation is running rampant as no one, including the source, knows what device (if any) may be the final home for this part. We have a few more close-ups after the jump for anyone interested in trying to solve this mystery.

Nevermind. I guess I should have paid attention to the specs. 3cm x 3cm. Who knows?

http://www.machoe.com Mac Hoe

I bet it wont play movies, will only show album artwork and definitely will use gesture controls. It will be the best iPod Shuffle ever…

Todd

looks like a solar panel. could it be they are going more Eco friendly?

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BCB

i agree.

PWN5TAR

Thumbprint scanner/reader/lock?

PWN5TAR

yeah, it does kinda look like a solar cell..

maxpayne79

could be the outside screen on an iphone flip

maxpayne79

and i mean a prototype iphone 4 flip

Doc Vandalay

It’s a biometric zombie patch that will be attached to all apple fanboys & girls. Whenever Jobs needs some sort of new internal organ, the patches will be activated and determine if the wearer (i.e. sheep) is a suitable donor. If yes, the patch will activate zombie mode and the wearer will go into a trance-like state and immediately beat a path to a remote hospital in Tennessee. The donor will not recall anything. After the harvesting procedure, performed by a Foxconn staff surgeon, the donor will wake up in a hotel bathtub full of ice with a note, pinned to the mirror, that reads “CALL 911 !!!!”.

Carmen

You seem to know an awful lot about a person that you clearly don’t have a positive opinion of. Do you know what I do with my time? Just about anything but read up on shit that I don’t like.

Carnac

“Do you know what I do with my time? ”

In publie, bore people. In private, stick large vegetables in places where they don’t belong.

andy

media server or a touch panel on a new mac pro

Bada$$

Its a pile of rotten Apple Crap..righy ROro doucheeerrr?

Matthew Lembo

It was most likely a test panel for the retina display… thats why it was c2009. It was a probably a sample panel demonstrating the pixel density.

http://alghienkad06.student.ipb.ac.id/ thea

thanks for info

Chad.L.

Could this possibly be the end of the scroll wheel on classic and nano ipods. that now they may just have a optical touch pad like a lot of the new android and blackberry’s?